While there was still some time, Lu Haicheng went to a nearby breakfast shop, bought a cage of fried dumplings and a bowl of soy milk, and sat in the shop to eat.
The fried dumplings taste very average, and the soy milk is obviously not freshly ground, so it can only be said to be just okay.
As he was eating, he felt a little sleepy, but fortunately he could bear it. He rubbed his face with his hands and ate quickly, then he stood up and scanned the QR code to pay.
This breakfast shop is still a traditional breakfast shop where you eat first and pay later. There are fewer and fewer shops like this.
I had just come out of the breakfast shop. Due to lack of sleep, my reaction was inevitably a little slow. I bumped into a delivery man who was coming in a hurry.
"sorry!"
Lu Haicheng was a little annoyed at being hit, but when he saw that the delivery man had a good attitude, he didn't say anything. He just frowned and passed him by.
But after he walked for a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong, because the Longines watch he was wearing on his left wrist was missing.
This watch originally cost him more than 20,000 oceans. Although it is not as good as Patek Philippe and Rolex, it cannot be said to be a bargain. The most important thing is that it was the first big order he received and he got a share of it.
I bought it, it is very valuable as a souvenir, and he also likes it very much.
He had been wearing it for almost three years, and he was very used to it. Now that it was gone, he felt empty in his heart. He instantly felt a little less confident.
Besides, as a successful and charming man, how could he not have a watch on his wrist?
With this watch, when he is picking up girls, his self-confidence, personal charm, and self-confidence have increased by at least 10 percentage points.
Today was the critical moment when he asked Guo Mengyao, a rich woman, to go out alone and wanted to capture her, but the watch was missing. Didn't this make it more difficult for him?
He remembered clearly that when he was eating fried dumplings just a few minutes ago, the watch was still on his wrist.
Therefore, the most likely thing is that when he collided with the delivery boy, his watch fell off, or it was stolen by the other party's clever stealing techniques.
So, Lu Haicheng immediately turned around and ran towards the breakfast shop.
He soon arrived at the place. He first looked for it at the place where he had bumped into the delivery boy, but couldn't find it. Then he ran into the store and looked for it where he was sitting just now, but couldn't find it.
At this time, even though he thought it was somewhat impossible, he couldn't help but suspect that the deliveryman had stolen his watch when he collided with him.
"Boss, my watch worth tens of thousands was lost in your store. I want to take a look at your store's surveillance system."
Lu Haicheng immediately found the fat boss who was greeting customers at the door of the store. It was after eight o'clock, and the business of this store was not bad.
"How can you be sure that the watch was lost in my store?" The fat boss was busy and of course he didn't want to pay attention to his request.
"A few minutes ago, when I was eating fried dumplings in the restaurant, I was still wearing it on my hand, but it disappeared after I finished eating. If you don't let me watch the surveillance, I can only call the police."
Of course, businessmen were taboo about the police coming to their door. The fat boss had no choice but to reluctantly ask the landlady to take Lu Haicheng to see the surveillance camera.
In the surveillance video, when he was sitting in the store eating fried dumplings, he could indeed see a watch on his wrist. Then fast forward, until he paid and left, the watch on his wrist was still there, until he met the person at the door.
A delivery boy bumped into each other, and his watch somehow fell off his wrist and fell to the ground.
At that time, neither Lu Haicheng nor the delivery man noticed it. It was not until a few seconds later that an aunt wearing a helmet appeared on an e-donkey. She had obviously discovered the watch on the ground.
She didn't say anything, she just parked the car quickly, picked up the watch from the ground and put it in her pocket, then got in the car and quickly rode away on the electric donkey.
This process only takes about ten seconds.
Lu Haicheng came back almost a minute later. By this time, of course, the watch was gone and was taken away by the aunt riding an e-mule.
After Lu Haicheng watched the surveillance and learned the real situation, he really couldn't complain. This was too unlucky.
Originally, I collided with the delivery boy, but the collision was not serious. The probability of the watch falling off my wrist was very low, so no one was lucky.
And the aunt who picked up the watch he dropped was even more outrageous. She seemed to be waiting there to pick it up. She also had a very strong psychological quality and a very professional technique. She picked it up and ran away without any sloppiness.
Whenever someone else picks up a watch like this, there will always be some hesitation. As long as she hesitates or hesitates, he will probably arrive in time to get the watch back.
Or at least if no one noticed the watch he dropped on the ground for at least a minute or two, then he would definitely be able to come back and find it.
But he was so unlucky that the watch only fell for about a minute, and when he went back to look for it, someone had already picked it up.
"I can send you this surveillance. If you call the police, just hand it over to the police directly."
The landlady was also very enthusiastic, but of course it was mainly to avoid trouble, so she took the initiative to send this monitoring to him.
"Okay, if I'm sorry to trouble you, just send it to my email address."
Lu Haicheng immediately reported his email address to the other party.
Now he is still in a hurry to rent the cruise ship and go on a date with Guo Mengyao alone. He must not call the police immediately.
You can only call the police after the date with Guo Mengyao is over.
Lu Haicheng came out of the breakfast shop in a depressed mood, and then touched his empty left wrist with his right hand. Without this Longines watch, his confidence in picking up girls would be greatly reduced.
He took out his mobile phone and checked the time. It was only ten minutes before nine o'clock. He immediately walked quickly to the gate of the scenic spot management office and waited patiently.
In this way, after he waited for about ten minutes, his relative and elder finally appeared. He was a lean and bald old man in his fifties. He was his father's cousin, and he wanted to call him uncle.
This cousin is a small department leader in the scenic area here, and he happens to be in charge of the cruise ship.
Lu Haicheng was sweet-tongued and good at talking. When he saw him, he gave his cousin a cigarette and lit a cigarette. He immediately offered his kind words and flattery, which soon made his cousin happy.
Soon he followed his uncle into the scenic spot management office and arrived at his uncle's office. After chatting for a while, his uncle picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on a piece of white paper, and then handed it to him.
, just ask him to go to such-and-such office to go through the leasing procedures.
Lu Haicheng immediately sent his thanks again, and then took the note from his cousin and went to the office of so-and-so to go through the formal procedures.
When the clerk saw the note handed over by Lu Haicheng, he knew it and immediately took a form for him to fill out.
Lu Haicheng sat there with a pen and lowered his head to fill it out carefully. It took him a few minutes to finally finish it. When he handed it to the clerk, the clerk smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "I just received a WeChat message from the leader.
Notice, this ship has been rented to someone else, and the other party has designated this ship. You may want to change it, or simply rent it another day."
Lu Haicheng was not happy when he heard this: "There has to be a first-come, first-served basis. I have already filled out the form. You should rent it to me first. Besides, is this the only smaller cruise ship you have here? No.
Any other extra ones?”
The clerk explained: "You also know that the business of cruise ships in our East Lake Scenic Area is very good, and there are many external rentals. The reason why we can keep such a boat empty is entirely to prepare for any special circumstances, such as today."
"Then it should be me first. I am a relative of your Section Chief Tan, so you have to give me this face, right?"
The clerk looked embarrassed and said: "Originally, Section Chief Tan told me to carry out the greeting, but the person who just sent me a WeChat message was our director, so there is nothing I can do. Otherwise, you can rent a larger cruise ship, or you can rent a smaller boat if you need to do it.
A small wooden boat rowed.”
Lu Haicheng didn't know what to do when he heard it. His cousin's face was definitely not as good as the director here.
It was possible to rent a larger cruise ship, but not only was it more expensive, it also had to be equipped with professional boat masters and waiters, and it seemed very safe to sit on it. This was not in line with his purpose of dating Guo Mengyao alone.
Therefore, all that is left now are small wooden boats that require manual paddling.
The small wooden boats in the scenic area are now controlled by professional rowing masters. Generally, tourists cannot row by themselves. It costs 70 or 80 yuan for half an hour. It is cheap, but it also completely loses the fun of rowing by yourself.
Therefore, Lu Haicheng could only choose a small wooden boat as the next best option, but he could row it by himself without a rowing master.
This is the advantage and privilege of renting a boat internally. Other tourists currently do not have the right to rent a boat and row their own boat.
Taking a wealthy woman like Guo Mengyao on such a small wooden boat with no cover feels a bit downgraded, but there is no other way. Without the cover of a small electric cruise ship, this is the only way.
Lu Haicheng came out of the management office in a depressed mood again. He found the dock where the boats were parked and saw many small wooden boats docked. He could pick one of these boats at will.
At the same time, he also saw the small electric sightseeing boat he liked, which was still docked at the pier and no one was visiting it.
This naturally made him even more unhappy.
It would be fine if the other party came first, but this person hadn't even arrived yet, so it was really overbearing to take his place.
But he also knows that those who can rent a cruise ship through such internal connections are not simple, rich or noble, and cannot be compared to his relative relationship with the little section chief of the management office here.
This is how society is, those who don't have money can only be bullied by those who have money and connections.
Lu Haicheng took a deep breath and endured the unwillingness in his heart. As long as he could hook up with Guo Mengyao, a rich woman, he believed that he would become one of the rich and powerful people in the future.
Lu Haicheng was waiting at the pier, waiting for Guo Mengyao to come over for the appointment.
Guo Mengyao got up this morning and contacted Chen Feng after breakfast to ask if he was free to accompany her today.
Chen Feng said he was not free, which disappointed Guo Mengyao, but he did not force it. After all, she was used to it. Moreover, Chen Feng had accompanied her this time, so she could not expect too much.
Chen Feng didn't have time to accompany her today, so she finally remembered that Lu Haicheng had made an appointment with her last night. Especially after seeing the message Lu Haicheng sent her early in the morning, she decided to go and have a look.
She was indeed quite interested in the planning copy.
So, Guo Mengyao tidied up a little and asked her assistant who lived in a nearby hotel to rent a car and take her to the meeting place with Lu Haicheng.
Assistant Liu's executive ability was still very strong. He quickly rented a car with a driver from the hotel and took them to the cruise ship docking dock on the East Lake.
After the phone call, Lu Haicheng rushed over to greet him immediately.
"Dr. Guo, I didn't expect you to come here so soon. Please come over here. I have rented a boat. I don't want a rowing master. We can row the boat ourselves. Do you think it's okay?"
Guo Mengyao frowned slightly and said, "Do you want to row your own boat? But I don't know how."
"It doesn't matter, I can. I've known how to row since I was a child, don't worry." Lu Haicheng said, patting his chest, with a look of confidence on his face.
Guo Mengyao nodded slightly and said, "That's okay."
Lu Haicheng was overjoyed and immediately led the way diligently.
Soon the three of them came to the edge of the pier. Lu Haicheng pointed to the small wooden boats parked here and said: "I found an acquaintance here at the management office. We can choose the one we like from these small wooden boats. Guo
It’s up to you, Dong, to choose.”
Guo Mengyao looked at the small wooden boats here, and couldn't help but look at the two large electric cruise ships and a small electric cruise ship parked next to them. She couldn't help but said: "Can't we rent this small cruise ship next to it?"
She didn't really like this rickety wooden boat, and who knew if Lu Haicheng could really row a boat.
Lu Haicheng felt embarrassed, but said without changing his face: "Sorry, we are a little late. This cruise ship has been booked in advance."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw three people walking from a distance, two women and one man, chatting and laughing, especially one of them, a white foreign girl, spoke English quickly in a gibberish voice, and then laughed happily, with her mouth wide open.
Big, but also really beautiful.
The other woman also had a smile on her face. She had fair skin, bright eyes, and was a little chubby, but she felt just right, like a luxury car, with big lights and space, making her very comfortable to sit on.
Of course, these two beauties were not the reason why Lu Haicheng couldn't take his eyes away. The most important thing was that the man who was with these two beauties was the man who had met him once and left a deep impression on him.
Chen Feng.
He had threatened and warned him at the beginning, which scared him so much that he quickly begged for mercy and apologized to the other party, and swore not to harass Yu Xiaoxi again.
What a naughty guy!
Lu Haicheng was full of slander and envy in his heart. He was hesitating whether to take the initiative to say hello when he heard Guo Mengyao next to him suddenly shout "ah", and then saw her trotting directly towards Chen Feng and the others.
"Chen Feng, Xiaohui, why are you here?"
Guo Mengyao greeted the two of them in her hometown dialect with a look of surprise on her face.
At this time, Chen Feng and Yu Xiaohui also looked at Guo Mengyao in surprise.
None of them thought that they would meet Guo Mengyao here unexpectedly.
"We plan to take a boat trip to the East Lake. What brings you here?" After Yu Xiaohui answered, she also asked in surprise.
"Haha, that's just right. I also want to take a boat trip on the lake, so I'll go with you."
"I have no objection." After Yu Xiaohui said this, she looked at Chen Feng.
"I have no objection either." Chen Feng shrugged and said.
"Hi, hello." Molly took the initiative to greet Guo Mengyao in Mandarin.
"Haha, you too." Guo Mengyao said, stepping forward and holding Molly's arm enthusiastically, "My name is Guo Mengyao, you can call me Lisa in English. Nice to meet you."
"Me too, are you friends with Chen Feng and Xiaohui?"
"Well, they are very good friends."
Guo Mengyao's spoken English improved a lot and she communicated directly with Molly in English.